| New Revenue Streams for Local Government - 11/12/2020 |
| COMBTEK |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | South Africa (Republic of) |
| The need for Municipalities to come up with New Revenue Streams is well documented and acknowledged by Local Government. UN HABITAT, in its current document entitled THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2020-2023 UN HABITAT cites the need for Local Government to come up with new Revenue Streams given the inadequacy of existing revenues in providing Basic Services to Citizens. COMBTEK has conceptualized solutions to (...) |
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| Sierra Tel’s COVID-19 Response - 05/10/2020 |
| Sierra Tel |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Sierra Leone |
| Sierra Tel continues to recognize the importance of keeping customers connected during these unprecedented times: "We understand that many families are still working from home, students are participating in on-line school programs, and many of our customers are still temporarily unemployed". To help ease the economic hardship customers may have incurred, Sierra Tel discounted their DSL internet s (...) |
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| College of Medicine partners TNM for affordable e-learning services - 10/08/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Malawi |
| College of Medicine (CoM) and TNM plc launched a partnership in which students will be offered 10GB data bundle for online learning and have access to over 10,000 books on Buku Digital Library. In addition, Integrated mobile network and ICT services provider TNM Plc, has partnered with KaiOS Technologies to launch the most affordable 4G KaiOS phone in Malawi.Priced at MK 24,999 the TNM Smart 4G w (...) |
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| COVID-19: beSafeMoris, an application by Mauritius Telecom in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Welfare - 26/05/2020 |
| Mauritius Telecom |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Mauritius (Republic of) |
| The application, developed by the 'Innovation' team of Mauritius Telecom, offers many practical features, including access to all news on COVID-19; informative and preventive videos; information on the location of hospitals and quarantine centers in the country, as well as the hotline number of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and a FAQs to find answers to common questions. All information comes (...) |
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| Vodacom supports DRC with e-learning, SMS Covid-19 updates, free data, and more - 23/04/2020 |
| Vodacom DRC |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Both Vodacom Tanzania and the DRC are prioritising network optimisation for areas that need improvement as well as network resilience. Vodacom DRC offers VodaEduc, a zero-rated learning platform. In the DRC, Vodacom is providing an SMS broadcast to its entire customer base with information and updates from Government around the pandemic. Vodacom DRC is also building a zero-rated ConnectU platform (...) |
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| Liquid Telecom enables Government of Zimbabwe to establish COVID-19 toll-free ‘2023’ helpline - 20/04/2020 |
| Liquid Telecom |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Zimbabwe (Republic of) |
| Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe has provided financial support, expertise and technology for a dedicated national toll-free ‘2023’ helpline and call centre recently launched by H.E President Emmerson Mnangagwa to support citizens, and especially the most vulnerable and isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The toll-free ‘2023’ helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing the nation (...) |
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